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Free Love Parks Week events across Hartlepool
Hartlepool is hosting free Love Parks Week activities from 24 July to 2 August across six locations, including bowls, beach volleyball, brass band music an
Summer at Seaton: Free Family Events July–August 2026
Summer at Seaton returns with free family activities at Seaton Carew, including sports days, archaeology walks, and a makers' market from late July to Augu
Hartlepool Swim Safe: 19 Schools Complete Water Safety
Hundreds of Hartlepool schoolchildren completed water safety training at Seaton Carew as part of the five-year Swim Safe initiative organised by the counci
Free summer cycling camps for Hartlepool children
Hartlepool Borough Council is offering free cycling camps for schoolchildren during summer 2026. Learn to ride or earn Bikeability badges at Elephant Rock.
Self-taught Hartlepool artist's work features in major exhibition in Hartlepool Art Gallery
A decade of paintings celebrating Hartlepool's landmarks, heritage and people is now on display at Hartlepool Art Gallery – and you can buy them. Have you spotted any local places you recognise in Stanley Davison's work?
Hartlepool Skills Partnership Opens Free Adult Courses
Hartlepool Borough Council and the College launch £4.5m adult education partnership offering free qualifications in English, maths, digital skills, trades
Hartlepool water safety warning after tragic deaths
Hartlepool Council urges swimmers to use lifeguarded Seaton Carew beach only, following deaths of Ian Pascoe and Wayne Taylor on 12 July.
Hartlepool Council Anti-Fraud Data Sharing Initiative
Hartlepool Borough Council is sharing resident data with other public bodies to detect fraud across concessionary bus passes, Blue Badges, council housing
Hartlepool Home Closure Order Granted Over Drug Dealing
Teesside Magistrates' Court has granted a three-month Closure Order on a property in Hartlepool following evidence of drug dealing, violence and disorder a
Hartlepool Council Selling Land Plot at Croft Terrace
Hartlepool Borough Council is offering a 178 square metre plot of land in the Headland area for sale by informal tender. Deadline is 31 July 2026.
Brierton Sports Centre Land Lease Opportunity
Hartlepool Borough Council is inviting tenders to lease a 3,200 square metre sports site at Brierton Sports Centre. Deadline 14 August 2026.
Rogue Trader Jailed for Exploiting Hartlepool Pensioner
John Paul Maughan jailed for 36 weeks after targeting vulnerable Hartlepool pensioner with bogus repair work costing £7,000. Trading Standards secured conv
Anti-social behaviour reports fall across North East
Anti-social behaviour reports are declining across the North East and Cumbria, but residents say the statistics don't match their experience on the ground.